David Hunter from Liverpool was convicted of being one of the two men who shot pub manager Michael Barr
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A Liverpool hitman has been jailed for life for his role in the execution of a dead father in Dublin
David Hunter was sentenced today following his conviction for the murder of pub manager Michael Barr
The attack is said to be linked to an ongoing feud between major rival gangs taking place across Europe
M Barr was shot seven times, five times in the head, in the Sunset House room in April 2016
At the time, the 35-year-old, said to have been a known dissident Republican, was spending a night off his job as a bar manager to attend a fundraiser for the wives of prisoners in the IRA
Hunter was convicted of murder in September following a trial in the Special Criminal Court
The three-judge panel that heard the case ruled that the 41-year-old, who gave a home address in west London but is from Liverpool, was one of the two men who entered the bar in boiler suits and rubber Freddy Krueger masks before opening fire on M Barr
But the flames failed to take hold and completely destroy the vehicle, inside which police found four guns, a cell phone, and clothing, including ski masks on the back seat
Hunter, whose DNA was on the masks, claimed he had traveled from Liverpool to Ireland 48 hours earlier to watch UB40, but his defense was rejected by the judges
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Since the murder, it has been claimed that the murder was part of the Hutch-Kinahan rivalry – a bloody dispute between two criminal organizations
Filming by Michael Barr, The Sunset House, Christy Kinahan, Garda Síochána, Irish gang feud 2015-2018, life imprisonment, Dublin
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